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Notice2021-22238

BNSF Railway's Request for Testing Approval on Its Certified Positive Train Control System

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Published
October 13, 2021

Issuing agencies

Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration

Abstract

This document provides the public with notice that on August 2, 2021, BNSF Railway (BNSF) submitted its Onboard Movement Authority with the Virtual Block System (OMA VBS) Afton Pilot Test Plan, Version 1.2a, dated August 3, 2021, to FRA via the Secure Information Repository. BNSF asks FRA to approve its Test Plan, which includes changes to operating rules and procedures and dispatch processes, to test its OMA VBS on track that has been equipped with positive train control (PTC).

Indexed from Federal Register on October 13, 2021.

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